[colug-432] linker is being PICky

[Jeff Frontz]

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Rick Troth <rmt at casita.net> wrote:

> Why would PIC not be the default?
> Or why would autoconfig/automake not figure out that "-fPIC" is needed?
>
>
I can't remember the x86 addressing modes (or their implementations), but
relative-mode addressing can add overhead in some architectures.  Take a
peek at
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/813980/why-isnt-all-code-compiled-position-independent

As to knowing if -fPIC is needed -- that's not known until you try to build
the dependent, right?


Jeff
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